NewsNational Gallery
'Exceptional loan' of Francesco Melzi painting from Russia comes to London's National Gallery
Unusual month-long display of recently restored work by Leonardo’s favourite and heir will be lent by the State Hermitage Museum
NewsLoans
Hermitage and MoMA heads seek end to US-Russian loans freeze
Diplomats hint at future cooperation between the countries at Texas conference
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Amsterdam Sunflowers will never again travel
Conservators are concerned over Van Gogh’s still life, which went to over 80 exhibitions after the war
NewsBanksy
Shredded Banksy work to go on long-term loan to Stuttgart museum
Love Is in the Bin will be shown among works by Rembrandt, Holbein, Marcel Duchamp and Picasso
NewsBritish Museum
Looted ‘cannibal’ bowl will not travel to Quai Branly in Paris for Oceania exhibition
Royal Academy says conservation issues—not restitution fears—mean the ceremonial feast trough can not be loaned
AnalysisMarket
In debt we trust: the rise of art-secured lending
The rapid growth in the number of loan providers, from private banks to specialist lenders, could transform the art market’s relationship with the financial markets
NewsArt market
London dealer Matthew Green accused of selling art used to secure more than £2m in loans
His business Mayfair Fine Art went into administration earlier this year following FBI sting operation
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
When the National Gallery used a London taxi to move a Van Gogh painting
Back during Tate’s 1947 exhibition, loan arrangements were more casual
NewsLeonardo da Vinci
Uffizi launches Leonardo da Vinci 500th celebrations across Italy
New exhibition in Florence decodes the “startlingly radical” scientific ideas of the Codex Leicester
NewsCollectors
Found guilty in 1995 of embezzling investors’ money, Roberto Polo resurfaces in role of art benefactor in Spain
Toledo government hopes for “El Greco” effect from this 15-year loan of late 19th- and 20th-century works
NewsBayeux Tapestry
Entente cordiale: governments sign deal securing loan of Bayeux Tapestry to the UK in 2022
Cross-channel collaboration involves translating, conserving and digitalising the historic embroidery
News
British Museum rekindles relationship with Zayed National Museum after loan deal ended last year
Under new partnership, the London museum will lend key objects to the new institution in Abu Dhabi
NewsExhibitions
British Museum show focuses on Assyrian antiquities targeted by Islamic State
Loans likely to come from Iran—but works from the Met would not meet London museum's strict borrowing guidelines
News
Kunsthalle Mannheim unveils €68m extension backed by German billionaire
Foundation of Hans-Werner Hector, one of the country's richest people, contributed €50m to the revamp
NewsLoans
How Britain tried—and failed—to borrow the Bayeux Tapestry twice before
One attempt was made in 1953 to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II and another for the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings in 1066
BlogIn the frame
The Guggenheim's Nancy Spector told Trump to flush off
NewsExhibitions
British Museum sends treasures to Mumbai for grand exhibition of Indian history
Encyclopaedic show was inspired by former director Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects
News
British Museum ends loan deal with Abu Dhabi
Construction delays to the Zayed National Museum are behind the move
News
Looted Benin bronzes to be lent back to Nigeria
Pledge by European museums to set up “permanent display” of rotating loans in Benin City could pave way for restitution
News
MoMA expansion is boon for Paris and Melbourne
Major loans from New York will be shown in both cities while the US institution adds one-third more exhibition space in Manhattan
NewsArt market
Anatole Shagalov embroiled in legal cases that reveal problems of buying art with loans
Buyers using works as collateral and allegedly defaulting on payment becoming increasingly common in "frothy market"
News
Time’s up for Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum’s loan agreement with Carmen Cervera
More than 400 works from the baroness’s collection may be removed from the Madrid museum, but the Spanish culture minister hopes to reach a deal this week